SILVER SPRING, MARCH 23, 2018— Firstly, this announcement is in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. So, UNITAR and Trees for the Future (TREES) subscribed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). An MOU will serve as a cooperative framework to develop and implement training activities. In addition, plans for an initial collaboration are already underway. They are set to take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York this coming June.
As well, the training session Ending Poverty, Hunger & Deforestation. Also, it will be open to all UN members and special guests. Furthermore, TREES will share knowledge and experience in the implementation of the Forest Garden Approach. They learn how to overcome challenges in diversifying smallholder farming systems.
TREES work impacts the following Sustainable Development Goals.
1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Hence, TREES is honored to support UNITAR’s mission. That mission is “To develop the individual, institutional and organizational capacities of countries and other United Nations stakeholders through high-quality learning solutions and related knowledge products and services to enhance decision making and to support country-level action for overcoming global challenges.”
Source: Trees for the Future
Firstly, Trees for the Future (TREES) is an international development non profit that meets a triple bottom line. Theirs is poverty alleviation, hunger eradication, and healing the environment. Through our Forest Garden Approach we train farmers to plant and manage Forest Gardens. These gardens sustainably feed families and raise their incomes by 400 percent. They receive donations to implement their work in areas to have the greatest impact. Since 1989, TREES has planted nearly 150 million trees. Finally, to Learn more at trees.org.
About UNITAR
In conclusion, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is an autonomous UN body. It’s established in 1963 as a dedicated training arm of the United Nations System. To enhance the effectiveness of the UN through diplomatic training. Also and to increase the impact of national actions through public awareness-raising. That’s through education and training of public policy officials.
